Rich township, Cook County, Illinois (IL) detailed profile

Number of foreign born residents: 4 (60% naturalized citizens)

Rich township:

4.4%

Whole state:

12.3%

60% of Rich township residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 79% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Illinois.

Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (4%)

Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (8%)

Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)

Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)

Registered nurses (5%)

Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)

Other sales and related workers including supervisors (4%)

Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (3%)

Class of Workers

Most common first ancestries reported in Rich township:

German (9.7%)

Irish (6.9%)

Italian (5.0%)

Polish (4.7%)

English (3.4%)

United States or American (2.7%)

African (1.8%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Philippines (12%)

Mexico (10%)

India (10%)

Nigeria (8%)

Germany (7%)

United Kingdom (6%)

Jamaica (5%)

Means of transportation to work:

Drove a car alone: 24,282 (75%)

Carpooled: 2,927 (9%)

Bus or trolley bus: 144 (0%)

Subway or elevated: 399 (1%)

Railroad: 2,998 (9%)

Taxi: 22 (0%)

Bicycle: 17 (0%)

Walked: 466 (1%)

Other means: 283 (1%)

Worked at home: 729 (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel:

Utility gas (86%)

Electricity (12%)

Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

People in group quarters in Rich township, Illinois:

405 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded

382 people in nursing homes

46 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

20 people in religious group quarters

16 people in homes for the mentally retarded

10 people in other group homes

92.9% of residents of Rich township speak English at home.
2.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (62% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 7% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).